European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum

A European financial services industry lobby group set up to get close to MEPs. It is run by John Houston of Houston Consulting, the lobbying and PR firm.

• Website http://www.epfsf.org/

Founding members

• Richard Balfe MEP
• Carles-Alfred Gasoliba i Bohm MEP
• Robert Goebbels MEP
• Chris Huhne MEP
• Othmar Karas MEP
• Giorgos Katiforis MEP
• Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP
• Astrid Lulling MEP
• Ria Oomen-Ruitjen MEP
• John Purvis MEP
• Alexander Radwan MEP
• Karin Riis-Jorgensen MEP
• Olle Schmidt MEP
• Peter Skinner MEP
• Charles Tannock MEP
• Theresa Villiers MEP

Steering Committee

The following are the members of the Forum's Steering Committee, which, together with Financial Industry Members, are the governing body of the Forum.

• Peter Skinner MEP (PES/UK) - Chair

• Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP (EPP-ED/Finland) - Vice Chair

• Margarita Starkeviciute MEP (ALDE/Lithuania) - Vice Chair

Members

• Zsolt László Becsey MEP (EPP-ED/Hungary)

• Pervenche Berès MEP (PES/France)

• Manuel António dos Santos MEP (PES/Portugal)

• Jonathan Evans MEP (EPP-ED/UK)

• Robert Goebbels MEP (PES/Luxembourg)

• Wolf Klinz MEP (ALDE/Germany)

• Astrid Lulling MEP (EPP-ED/Luxembourg)

• Gay Mitchell TD MEP (EPP-ED/Ireland)

• Alexander Radwan MEP (EPP-ED/Germany)

• Dariusz Rosati MEP (PES/Poland)

• Ieke van den Burg MEP (PES/Netherlands)

• Sophia in 't Veld MEP (ALDE/Netherlands)

Industry members

Chairman

• Mrs. Judith Hardt

Federation of European Securities Exchanges Members (FESE)

Members

• Mrs. Lie Junius

ABN AMRO Bank

Mrs Florence Lombard

AIMA - The Alternative Investment Management Association Limited Mr David Bennett

APCIMS - Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers Mr Jacques Maire

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AXA Mr Javier Arias

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Mrs Christine Farnish

Barclays plc Mrs Dominique Graber

BNP Paribas Mr Kurt Schacht

CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst - Institute Mrs Susanne Denison-Knowles

Citigroup Mr Helmuth Martin

Commerzbank AG Mr Ansgar Tietmeyer

Deutsche Bank AG Mrs Henriette Peucker

Deutsche Börse AG Mr Henning Schoppmann

EAPB - European Association of Public Banks Mr Guido Ravoet

EBF - European Banking Federation Mrs Annik Lambert

EMF - European Mortgage Federation Mr Chris De Noose

ESBG - European Savings Banks Group Mr Paul Symons

Euroclear Mr Antonio Hernandez Laviades

Euronext Mrs Michaela Koller

European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation (CEA) Mr Javier Echarri

EVCA - European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Mr Henri Olivier

FEE - European Federation of Accountants Mr Anthony Belchambers

FOA - Futures and Options Association Mr Freddy Van den Spiegel

Fortis Bank Mr Richard O'Toole

Goldman Sachs International Mr Gregor Pozniak

ICMA - International Capital Market Association Mr David Pollard

ING Mrs Alessandra Perrazzelli

Intesa Sanpaolo Mr Roger Cogan

ISDA - International Swaps and Derivatives Association Mr Richard Kaye

JP Morgan Mr Jonathan Taylor

LIBA - London Investment Banking Association Mr Alastair Evans

Lloyd's Mr Roger Grazebrook

Lloyds TSB Mr Christoph Baert

MasterCard Europe Mr Mitchell Coen

Merrill Lynch To be advised

Morgan Stanley Mr Hannu Halttunen

Nordea Bank Finland Mrs Sally Padget

Prudential plc Mr Howard Davies

Royal Bank of Scotland Mr Bertrand Huet

SIFMA - The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Mr Frédéric de Brouwer

Société Générale Mr Christopher Lake

Standard and Poor's Mr Pehr Wissén

Svenska Handelsbanken Mr Jon Carr

UBS AG Mr Peter Rieger

UniCredit Group Mr Peter Moller Jensen

VISA Europe Mrs MP Azevedo

Western Union International Bank Secretary Ms Gabriela Diezhandino

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EPFSF Secretariat